The Sullivan Centre

Schools we chose for benchmarking

These are the 2 sets of similar schools we've chosen to benchmark this school's spending against.

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Running cost categories

We've chosen 30 similar schools to benchmark this school against running cost categories, which includes all staffing (excluding premises staff), ICT, consultancy and catering.

How we chose these schools

We chose these schools based on:

  • school phase or type
  • region
  • number of pupils
  • pupils eligible for free school meals (FSM)
  • pupils with special educational needs (SEN), or proportion of various SEN provisions for special schools

SEN characteristics will be taken into account when comparators are chosen, these include:

  • communication and interaction
  • cognition and learning
  • social, emotional, and mental health (SEMH)
  • sensory and/or physical needs
Schools we've chosen
School Type Number of pupils Pupils with special educational needs Pupils eligible for free school meals
The Sullivan Centre
(Your chosen school) 		Alternative Provision 33 100% 51.9%
Caradon Alternative Provision Academy
Liskeard, PL14 6BS 		Alternative Provision 39 100% 57.1%
Restormel Academy
St Austell, PL25 4TJ 		Alternative Provision 36 100% 51.7%
Springwell Harrogate
Harrogate, HG1 5EP 		Alternative Provision 27 100% 47.4%
Westside School
London, W6 0LT 		Alternative Provision 47 100% 47.4%
Endeavour Academy Durham
Peterlee, SR8 2RN 		Alternative Provision 51 100% 57.1%
Coritani Academy
Scunthorpe, DN16 2PZ 		Alternative Provision 20 100% 37.5%
Springwell Alternative Academy
Barnsley, S71 2AY 		Alternative Provision 63 97.2% 72.2%
The Edge Academy
Birmingham, B31 2LQ 		Alternative Provision 75 100% 50%
Whitehouse Pupil Referral Unit
Kingston-upon-Hull, HU4 7AD 		Alternative Provision 41 100% 75%
Park School Teaching Service
Bolton, BL1 4QR 		Alternative Provision 31 100% 63.6%
Olive AP Academy - Nene Valley
Wisbech, PE13 2FP 		Alternative Provision 43 100% 60%
Evergreen Academy
Wolverhampton, WV6 0UA 		Alternative Provision 29 86.4% 63.6%
The Venn Boulevard Centre
HULL, HU3 3EL 		Alternative Provision 60 97.8% 57.8%
Kassia Academy and Support Services
Warrington, WA2 0QQ 		Alternative Provision 52 100% 57.1%
Springwell Alternative Academy Spalding
Spalding, PE11 2PN 		Alternative Provision 58 100% 55.3%
Engage Academy
Batley, WF17 5LP 		Alternative Provision 28 100% 69.2%
Ethos College
Dewsbury, WF13 4QS 		Alternative Provision 46 100% 44.4%
Reach Academy
Batley, WF17 0BQ 		Alternative Provision 24 100% 60.9%
Esteem South Academy
Swadlincote, DE11 0TW 		Alternative Provision 28 100% 60%
The Whitley AP Academy
Halifax, HX2 9SR 		Alternative Provision 75 100% 71.2%
Chaselea Alternative Provision Academy
Cannock, WS11 1LH 		Alternative Provision 57 100% 62.2%
The Shoreline Academy
Roundswell, EX31 3UD 		Alternative Provision 38 100% 63.9%
Bradford Alternative Provision Academy
Shipley, BD18 3JE 		Alternative Provision 87 65.4% 60.3%
Wey Valley College
Guildford, GU2 8AA 		Alternative Provision 45 100% 62.5%
Reigate Valley College
Reigate, RH2 8PP 		Alternative Provision 44 100% 56.7%
Euler Academy
Hull, HU8 9HJ 		Alternative Provision 56 100% 55.4%
Enrich Academy
Wakefield, WF4 1LL 		Alternative Provision 91 83.3% 67.9%
The Bridge Academy
Lichfield, WS13 6SW 		Alternative Provision 51 100% 61.9%
Kickstart Academy
Telford, TF2 9PQ 		Alternative Provision 46 100% 65.2%

Building cost categories

We've chosen 0 similar schools to benchmark this school against building cost categories, which includes utilities, cleaning and maintenance.

How we chose these schools

We chose these schools based on:

  • school phase or type
  • region
  • gross internal floor area
  • average age of buildings
  • whether they are a Private Finance Initiative (PFI) school
Schools we've chosen
School Type Number of pupils Gross internal floor area Average age of buildings